Re: [css-d] Site check: Onlinetools.org redesign

2005-09-29 Thread Hershel Robinson
> I would appreciate feedback on the upcoming redesign of onlinetools.org: Well then we'll see what we can do. :) > http://onlinetools.org/indx.php When it loaded in FF Win 2K something very weird happened--I first saw the Stuff / Tools section and then as I was starting to read it, it disap

Re: [css-d] Mac Check Please

2005-09-27 Thread Hershel Robinson
http://scarabbooks.com/us/contact.php http://scarabbooks.com/main.css IE Mac has a problem with that form at the bottom. More exactly with the *floated* label in a table. IE mac collapses the width of the first cell, not entirely incorrect. The form inputs then cover the label partly. I absolu

[css-d] Mac Check Please

2005-09-26 Thread Hershel Robinson
http://scarabbooks.com/us/contact.php http://scarabbooks.com/main.css I'm told it doesn't look right on a Mac. IE I think. Thanks, Hershel Robinson __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailma

Re: [css-d] Background Missing in IE Mac

2005-09-25 Thread Hershel Robinson
David Dorward wrote: On 25/09/05, Hershel Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In the header, anyhow, I actually want it fixed so that it fits correctly into the background image. But the size of the background image (and element) is fixed in pixels. The number of points per inch

Re: [css-d] Background Missing in IE Mac

2005-09-25 Thread Hershel Robinson
IE/Mac can't cope with single quotes in url() values. Either get rid of the quotes entirely or replace them with " characters. Yes, that did it. Thank you and thanks to Yvonne. (BTW, pt units considered harmful: http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=UsingPoints ) I'm with you, brother. As a m

[css-d] Background Missing in IE Mac

2005-09-25 Thread Hershel Robinson
This page: URL: http://www.scarabbooks.com/uk/passSRev.php CSS: http://www.scarabbooks.com/main.css apparently shows up with no background image in IE Mac. It must be every page in the site in reality, as they all use that CSS file. The relevant CSS appears to be this: h1 { padding:0; margin

Re: [work] [css-d] Pre-Launch Site check

2005-09-15 Thread Hershel Robinson
Tanya Renne wrote: > Unveiling tonight - launching tomorrow ... > > http://www.orchidsuites.net/asq509/ http://www.orchidsuites.net/asq509/index.php?display=OrganizationDetails&i=2&aboutus=Y&pid=212 and I quote: ASQ 509 is the best damn section in the whole country. You are launching this tomo

Re: [css-d] Font Rendering Bug?

2005-08-24 Thread Hershel Robinson
First of all, thank you for a VERY detailed and technical answer. Clarity in these issues is a tremendous assistance. This does not mean that A and Input have the same font. In fact, if you inspect with Fx DomInspector the computed values for the first input on your page would show: font-fam

[css-d] IE Can't Change input Background Colour

2005-08-24 Thread Hershel Robinson
I have a set of buttons to submit a form that are styled to look like normal anchors ie; plain text no border white background etc. In firefox I can use input:hover and it all looks great when you rollover it. They look just like my normal anchors and the background color changes. I do the sam

[css-d] Font Rendering Bug?

2005-08-23 Thread Hershel Robinson
Here is my test page: http://www.mishpachaw.com/fontTest1.htm w3.org says it validates. In IE6 and Opera 8 on Win 2K, I see the first two 'continue shopping' texts in the same size font and the third one 'continue shopping big' in a larger font. I believe this is correct rendering. In FF 1

Re: [css-d] Site check

2005-08-15 Thread Hershel Robinson
http://www.wait-till-i.com/index2.php FF Win2K -- looks great. IE6 -- FOUC problem with the popup links for Posts, Categories, etc. When they DO popup, the background loads delayed and so at first they're unreadable. Then when I put the mouse over them, the background disappears! They're lef

Re: [css-d] Closing a Clear

2005-08-10 Thread Hershel Robinson
Holly Bergevin wrote: From: Hershel Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Any other ideas? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Yes, remove the height restriction from #featuresLarge and the border will enclose things as you wish. How do you like that? That was it. I didn't even kno

Re: [css-d] Closing a Clear

2005-08-10 Thread Hershel Robinson
Ad this rule to .pageBox... display: table; This should cause the red border to extend below the two columns of text. It does indeed. Has the negative side effect of also making the box only as wide as the image, which is no good. > Looks like the classic failure to contain floats. Two reme

[css-d] Closing a Clear

2005-08-10 Thread Hershel Robinson
http://www.mishpachaw.com/eng-featuresLarge.php?w=fiction I have tried a few different methods to fix this page in FF, but nothing seems to work--the lists of the magazine features extends below the red box--I want them of course to be within the box. The CSS is here: http://mishpachaw.com/c

Re: [css-d] site check

2005-08-09 Thread Hershel Robinson
Todd Silver wrote: You know what to do. http://www.toddsilverdesign.net/rottenmittens/index.htm FF Win 2K, the textual links at the top are quite big and close together. There's also a LOT of space before and after the copyright at the bottom. Same for IE 6. THen on the Contact Us page the

Re: [work] RE: [css-d] IE6 Rendering Wierdness

2005-08-07 Thread Hershel Robinson
Tatham Oddie (Fuel Advance) wrote: All, Just a quick ping to say that we've finished version 0.5 of the site which should include 95% of the feedback I received on the list. http://testdrive.fueladvance.com/vve/ Looks good on FF and IE on Win 2K. Renders are various widths without br

Re: [css-d] Mac check, please

2005-08-07 Thread Hershel Robinson
Barbara King wrote: Please take a look at this simple site designed by clearly a novice, but an earnest one. It seems fine on my screen with Firefox and IE6, but I'm told something's awry on a Mac. What is it and how do I fix it? Thanks. http://www.healingground.org/schedule.html Looks fine

Re: [work] [css-d] Site Check: stephenjoneslaw.com

2005-07-14 Thread Hershel Robinson
http://www.stephenjoneslaw.com/home Anything is appreciated. Thanks! IMHO the main part of the page is quite skinny. Furthermore, on my 17" 1024 pixel monitor, the text at default size on FF is very small. Much smaller than is comfortable for me to read. Also is lacks a Contact Us page.

[css-d] A Little Firefox Firefly

2005-07-11 Thread Hershel Robinson
When I load this page: http://scarabbooks.com/index.php CSS: http://scarabbooks.com/main.css into Firefox, it loads with the footer text "This site is protected by..." right on top of the image 'Passing Time in the Loo.' When I refresh, then the footer goes to the bottom, where it belongs. I

Re: [work] RE: [css-d] Submit Button Styling

2005-07-05 Thread Hershel Robinson
The 'search back issues' button looks as the graphic designer wants in Firefox, but in MSIE 6, there are spaces on the sides of the text of the button. Try adding "overflow: visible;" to your input.button. How do you like that? That did it! Thank you. But please note that consistent sty

[css-d] Submit Button Styling

2005-07-04 Thread Hershel Robinson
Here is the HTML and CSS: http://mishpachaw.com/test.htm http://mishpachaw.com/css/test.css The 'search back issues' button looks as the graphic designer wants in Firefox, but in MSIE 6, there are spaces on the sides of the text of the button. The HTML and CSS provided are distilled down to es

Re: [css-d] Web Accessibility Toolbar [was Best CSS Editor? ]

2005-05-26 Thread Hershel Robinson
> Oh, and I second the use of Firefox' Web Developer toolbar. Edit CSS > is grand, plus I use the View Style Information and various Outline > options to figure out what's going on in quirky layouts. If only > there were a similar tool for IE. I use the Web Accessibility Toolbar for IE available a

Re: [css-d] Bold and Jumpy Page :(

2005-05-12 Thread Hershel Robinson
>From an offline response: > On line 69, column 39, your code opens a bold tag that is never > closed. > > The following is a Firefox addin that I find very useful in finding > stuff like this. > > http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/ Wow. Fabulous. That was it. That's actually a mis-typed t

[css-d] Bold and Jumpy Page :(

2005-05-12 Thread Hershel Robinson
d it. The HTML validates as does the CSS, except for this line of course: width: expression(document.documentElement.clientWidth < 770 ? "760px": "" ); which I am willing to live with. :) Thank you for any ideas, Hershel Robinson